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- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Dump them somewhere else.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Some â¬27 million was allocated.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Yes.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: No, â¬27 million was provided for in-service training for teachers.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: No. The Deputy is mixing up the figures, although his speech is grand.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy referred to support for teachers. Some â¬27 million was provided for in-service training for teachers.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: That is not what the Deputy said.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy referred to support for teachers.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The â¬2 million was for the task force whereas the â¬27 million was for in-service training.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: They could report it to the Garda.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Deputy Enright spoke about children who do not fit.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to share time with Deputy Keaveney.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: âsupports the measured and focussed manner in which the Minister for Education and Science has approached the issue of student behaviour in our second level schools; ânotes the fact that a Task Force established by the Minister has now completed its work; âcommends the fact that funding has...
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I was genuinely appalled that Deputy Enright's speech talked about setting up a separate schools system for "students who do not fit".
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: About three paragraphs further back in her speech, Deputy Enright talked about "students who do not fit".
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Although it is true that some schools are having serious problems dealing with difficult students, I want to stress that only a small minority of students are engaged in extreme behaviour that is threatening to their peers and teachers.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: While it is clear that no level of such behaviour is acceptable, it is irresponsible in the extreme to suggest this type of behaviour is a generalised problem across our education system that all schools are required to grapple with. The reality is that the vast majority of students in our schools are well-behaved. Schools that have effective codes of behaviour in place find that these are...
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The reason that I set up the task force in the first instance was that I recognised that this had the potential to become a very serious problem. Having been asked by the ASTI and the TUI to do so, I was very swift in obliging and asking the commission to report speedily. Regarding the effectiveness of strategies currently employed to address disruption, the report documents a range of...
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: We do not need a pilot since all schools should have a student council which should give their students a voice. All schools should insist that students sign up to their policies.
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: This is not on a pilot basis. In all school policies, including on bullying, behaviour and safety, students should always have a voice. At second level, that is what is happening.